"Untouched" (poem)

We Write Poems asked us to write a poem based on this quote:

What if there were a hidden pleasure
in calling one thing
by another’s name?

~Rae Armantrout

"Untouched"

He called her all things smooth and buttery

Honeysuckle, gummy-bear, syrupy

Feeding her graciously on words nectar

Always brewing, slowly pouring syllables

But his tongue dared not touch the name of hers

Never cut itself on the sharp contours

Of the edgy sounds in tune with her soul

Ragged and beautiful like truth itself

Live for the Love of it,

The Happy Amateur

"Fireflies of Love" (straight line poem)

A slightly different (punctuation-wise) take on something I wrote earlier.

 

~ Fireflies of Love ~

 

There is so much love all around us, it is not always visible, but if we look closely, we will see it, if we have patience, we will begin to catch glimpses of it here and there: little fireflies of love, dancing in the twilight…first just a handful, then a few more...until there is a myriad of them, burning brightly everywhere you turn, lighting up the darkest night.

Live for the Love of it,

The Happy Amateur

 

Check out "straight line poems" written to the latest prompt from Poetic Asides:

http://www.writersdigest.com/whats-new/wednesday-poetry-prompts-180

"Small"

A small miracle

Fragile like an autumn leaf

A child’s hand on mine

Live for the Love of it,

The Happy Amateur

http://www.writersdigest.com/whats-new/wednesday-poetry-prompts-177#comment-674901 

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